Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

November 11, 2024

Paul Chiyokten Wagner: Protectors of the Waters, From the Salish Sea to Standing Rock



Paul Chiyokten Wagner

Paul Chiyokten Wagner: Protectors of the Waters, From the Salish Sea to Standing Rock

Protectors of the Waters: Paul Chiyokten Wagner speaks on carrying forward the sacred way of life, from the Salish Sea to Standing Rock

"Our people hold the road map to paradise. Our people have that memory within us."

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Nov. 11, 2024

SEATTLE -- The Protectors of the Salish Sea baked camas on their ancestral island for the first time in one-hundred years, occupied the Washington State Capitol, and  journeyed to Standing Rock to build warm structures for the elders to brace against the blizzards, said Paul Chiyokten Wagner, WSANEĆ (Saanich) sharing the history from the Salish Sea to Standing Rock and beyond.

November 9, 2024

Coast Salish Water Warriors: Voices for the Water at the Salish Sea Assembly in Seattle


Coast Salish Water Warriors: Voices for the Water at the Salish Sea Assembly in Seattle

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News at Indybay, Nov. 8, 2024
Watch 'The Extraordinary Salish Sea' video introduction
SEATTLE -- The powerful Salish Sea Assembly magnified the voices of the Coast Salish Water Warriors, the struggle to shut down the Trans Mountain Pipeline, and the flow of dirty oil from the Alberta tar sands to the Salish Sea. It was censored by all major media.
"We are not just activists, we are revolutionaries and we're radical and militant and we want to keep it that way, we don't want to get soft in our older years," said Kanahus Manuel, Secwepemc and Ktunaxa, describing her family's struggle to protect their land and stop the Trans Mountain Pipeline in British Columbia.

November 8, 2024

Coast Salish Water Warriors, The Salish Sea Assembly, Day 3



'State of Emergency for the Salish Sea' 
in Seattle, Day 3

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Nov. 8, 2024
Watch video by Govinda


Water Warrior Patricia Gonzalez, Puyallup, Screen capture Censored News

"All of those waters lead back into one," said Patricia Gonzalez, Puyallup, Water Warriors Council, during the Coast Salish Water Warriors Panel.
"If you ever need healing, just go to the water."

November 7, 2024

Live The Salish Sea Assembly in Seattle, Day 2



"This is really uplifting," says Rueben George, "Come have some food."
Reuben George is speaking on reliance on the spirit and the spiritual ecosystem.
Listen live now to The State of Emergency for the Salish Sea, in Seattle.
"We're people of the water."